update......it's been a while.

I have been so out of the loop, with school, kids and trying to be that happy housewife. I have now accomplished more than half of my first year of nursing school and will be starting with 103 in a week. Yes, I have a week of me time. I'm so excited I can barely stand it. During the week i will be scrapping, going shopping and what ever else I want to do, it's a time to refresh. I have one more semester left bfore I am a LPN. It's going by fast and I am finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. We had had some leave and gained a few. Anlong the way i have met many wonderful people, fell in the trap of drama can't stand it but no matter where you go it's there. My choice to let it go and I have......

This is my wonderful group of friends from 102 clinical. So far the best group I have had!!!!

food diary.......

Breakfast......

Lunch......

Dinner......with a snack

Briannas snowman she made today, the snow that we are getting and Brianna and my husband playing in the snow......

playing catch up!!!

So I have a few mintues to blog about the last couple months. I have been in nursing school and that has taken at least 80 percent of my time. I feel like I have left out of this Christmas season, so far I havent had the urge to bake like I did the following years. I can't believe that in 2 weeks it's christmas!!! I don't even have my shopping done. Makes me crazy!!!! But the good news is I'm pretty sure at this point I'll be moving on to my 2nd semester. pretty exciting considering there have been many 1st time fails. It has been other than being a Mom first one of the hardest things I have done so far. Thinking I would know just as much as a doctor, its that intense. And if your already a nurse you know what I am talking about!!! So here are some pictures of the kids at halloween and making Christmas cookies I have it all just trying to catch up.

Getting ready fro CHRISTmas!!!!

We spent my only day off decorating our Christmas tree. I had to take a picture of it before it got ruined by our lovely cats. One was around last year and so timid around us she didn't mess with it too much. This year Princess has warmed up to us and Bowser is our nosey cat. So here is our tree, I'll take another picture when we decide to take it down.

sick, sick, sick.....

The whole house is sick!!!! It's been a long week not even sure how I made it through. Monday I had school and right after I had to work and Jim had a layover. So this meant I had to get a sitter. Sitter came and I got like 20 phone calls all night to tell me Brianna was sick and pucking all over....ewwww!!! So I kept her home Tuesday as I studied most of the day, Wednesday came and the kids had a late start so they didn't go in till 10:45 and after they left I studied more, getting a phone call and thinking the whole time Trevor is going to be next it was the school calling because Brianna was sick again. I got her home and she than blurts out "Mommy you have been so busy and I just wanted to spend time with you!!!" Sweet but you should have stayed at school. Wednesday Jim went back out for a layover again and bright and early the next day He calls and tells me he was up all night puking!!!! GRRR!!! I had 2 tests this week and I can't afford to get puky sick. So as the morning goes on very quickly I got the kids ready for school left and went to school myself  and are you ready???? picked the kids up for a dentist appt. at 3:30 got home and took Trevor to soccer at 5:30 and Brianna had swimming at 7-8. Got home gave the kids a bath and dinner put them to bed and I was beat!!!!! And the whole time this week I have been dealing with allergies and sinus and it has taken me down but I have to stay above it all that's what Moms do. Right? Now remember when you were little and your mom was sick? Makes ya think doesn't it??

The party......it's over!!!

So Briannas party was today and boy did we have a great time. I am so exhausted but all this hard work was worth it. Brianna took invitations to school and gave one to her librarian and she came!!!! That was a very pleasant surprise. She had her cousin and her friend form last year and another friend from down the street. Oh and other than the librarian no one came that she invited from school. So they lost out on the yummy cupcakes, the pizza from pizza hut and the gifts with candy, silly band rings etc.... but overall she had a good time.

 

 

Yesterday I went out for speed work and ran 2 miles, I haven't been running that great lately and I felt pretty good but like I said it was 2 miles and when you have it in your head you can give it a little more than if your going 5. The first mile I got 7:47 and the second was 8:45 but hey the last few runs that I have been running is somewhere on the average of 9:30-10:00 so it was a pick up. I'm actually sore today from it.

 

 

 



 

 

 

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Happy Birthday my precious!!!!

Well, so far this is what I have: the cookies, cupcakes and small cake. Once I get it displayed I think it will be ok, I'm just really mad that I coudln't find famous chocolate waffers!!!! I had to use fondant and it dropped only because I didn't have the time to wait for it to get hard. Oh well who said a dog couldn't have ears that flop LOL!!!! More pictures from the party to come.



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